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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1976
Page
14
Fragmented listings show television and radio schedules with station names in Ames Cedar Rapids Iowa City and surrounding areas. The text lists shows times such as 7:00 and 7:30 with program notes, doctors, live guides, and performances intermingled with partial station identifiers and times.
The Tann county zoning commission Mositay adopts a future land use policy southwest of Cedar Rapids. It favors rezoning to allow apartments and offices along Sixteenth Avenue SW between Clive Street and West Post Road and near highway 149 toward the highway 30 bypass. Industrial rezonings are planned along Edge Ave and Edgewood Road toward the bypass. The regulation seeks to preserve prime farmland by restricting home construction on small tracts and considers changes to the prime agricultural land definition and to allow smaller tracts to remain with existing houses under certain conditions. A special meeting on October 29 will decide items for a November public hearing before a board vote.
Strawberry Point Iowa early Tuesday a Missouri man 19 year old Mark Creamer of Winston crashed his car into a tree at Backbone State Park entrance. He remains in critical condition at University Hospital Iowa City. Passenger Franklin Barker, 15 also of Winston, is listed in good condition at Manchester Hospital.
Republican James Leach asks the fair campaign practices committee to urge Rep. Edward Mezvinsky to apologize for letters calling Leach the pro registration opponent. Leach says the letters are fabrication and seeks clarification to recipients and return of funds. Mezvinsky campaign says a supporter mailed the letter after an interview about gun legislation.
State Rep. Tery Dyrland will host a farm oriented meeting Friday from 2 30 to 3 30 pm on the George Patton farm south of Colesburg. Speakers include state presidents of the NFO and the Farmers Dilon.
Eastern Iowa report recalls Congressman Michael Blouin saying the updated budget method proved Congress could curb spending. Speaking to life insurance underwriters in Cedar Rapids, he noted the process trimmed nearly 15 billion from the federal draft and envisions a balanced budget in five to six years under the system.
Garry McCune independent candidate at Chautauqua rally argues a bill to place all private and political party contributions into a single state fund to be divided evenly among all candidates. He supports independent selection of candidates and fewer primaries to cut costs and widen voter choice.
Democratic Senate hopeful Bob Rush blames runaway bureaucracy for wasteful spending including a costly consulting firm and channels through apparent durable corporations. He urges legislative oversight to protect taxpayers, speaking at Lindale Plaza and at the Cebuhars home with Sen. John Culver as guest.
Republican candidate Gordon Holmes backs a citizen legislature and opposes time limits on the legislative session. He criticized rival Bob Rush as callous, arguing such views deter good people from public service. The race is for the seat vacated by Steve Severn, who cited time and business pressures. Holmes also opposes Bush’s three factor corporate tax plan, warning it could raise prices or cause foreclosures. In 1954 Britain and Egypt agreed to British troop withdrawal from the Suez Canal Zone.
Four candidates for Second District Congress appeared with Common Cause in Cedar Rapids. Blouin and Riley sparred on the Sunset bill and campaign practices, with arbitration, franking rights, and campaign finance proposals debated. Roberson and Oxley pressed for independent commentary as audience laughter rose.
Gus Hall, Communist party candidate for President, will speak at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus Thursday at 7 p.m. His appearance is sponsored by Citizens for Gus Hall and Jarvis Tyner. Hall and Tyner, a presidential candidate and chairman of the Communist Party of New York, promote a platform of placing people before profite. Hall will hold a news conference in the union at 1 p.m. Thursday.
Johnson County Sheriff Gary Hughes, seeking re election, told guests at a coffee in Lone Tree that deputies must be familiar with rural problems. He noted a remarkable spread of seven deputies in unincorporated rural areas, seven in smaller cities, and seven in the City-Coralville area, underscoring outreach across the county.
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